Metanoia was born white metal in Townsville, Australia in 1990 and died in 1999. The quartet had a first demo in 1990 and another, called Screaming Fetus, in 1994. Rowe Production, of other white metal band Mortification, took the band on for its three full-lengths. Steve Rowe of Mortification acted as the band’s producer upon signing. The group can also be heard on 1995’s Australian Metal Compilation II - The Raise The Dead compilation.